Loss, grief, and bereavement
What do families do after losing someone in their life?
Holds a funeral to remember and recognize the life they lost
Name and describe the 2 types of communication
Verbal: using words to express attitude, thoughts, or feelings (written or spoken)
Non-verbal: using body language and bot words
At what age does suicide become a leading cause of death
Ages 5 to 14
What are health indicators
Measurements of health related concepts
The act of not grieving and instead resorting to abnormal coping strategies.
Dysfunctional grieving
A person that is comfortable with expressing their feelings
Assertive
Interacting with family, coworkers, and anyone else around them
Social environment
How do we plan on improving the health of adolescents and young adults
Educating them on health problems such as STI's, drug and alcohol use, injuries, etc
Name and describe the 3 stages of grief
1. Shock and disbelief
2. Numbness and overwhelming sadness
3. Eventual acceptance
List at least 5 modes of non-verbal communication
- Physical appearance and dress
- Body movement and posture
- Facial Expression
- Gestures
- Eye contact
- Tone and volume of voice
- Touch
- Silence
How does biology determine a persons health
Their genetic composition holds factors that have been passed on, along with physical and mental issues that they have acquired themselves. External factors may influence the biology and overall change it.
In which phase of the life cycle do we focus more on reducing deaths caused by vaccine preventable inlesses
Geriatric adults
How does covering up grief or grieving alone affect a persons health?
Can lead to long term issues such as mental and physical illnesses, changes in behavior, emotional pain, and confusion
Name at least 3 components of therapeutic listening
- Listening and observing
- Positive regard
- Warmth
- Genuineness
- Attentiveness
- Empathy
How is biology and behavior related
Open question
What are some of the roles of a healthcare worker
- Increasing the availability and use of prenatal services, decreasing the amount of premature births
- Promoting breastfeeding
- Educating adolescents on healthy habits such as eating and physical activity
- Promoted health-care employer programs to increase health insurance for people
- Identifying health risks through using screening programs that can detect a disease or increased risk to a disease in a person
How does loss affect infants, children, adolescents, and young adults?
Infants: can't comprehend it but they may form attachment issues as they get older
Children: their immaturity does not allow them to express their feelings and cope
Adolescents: either feels the need to take over the role of the deceased or becomes completely dependent
Young adult: rage and lost opportunities
How can time and setting affect communication
Open answer
How is biology and behavior related
Diseases and other external factors affect the biology of a person and their behavior can increase or decrease the likelihood of them acquiring the factor
Why should we not limit ourselves to only dealing with health problems in local areas?
Open question